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Plot

In this odd mix of social commentary, forbidden romance, police action thriller, and teenage delinquency, a well-meaning social worker slowly careens off the charts when a 15-year-old teen is about to receive a stiff sentence as an accessory to a crime. Bobby (Gary McCleery) is driving the getaway car when his two brothers run into trouble in a robbery and shoot a policeman to death. The trio of siblings is quickly apprehended, and Bobby is thrown in jail until the judge can decide whether to try him as an adult or not. Not a moment behind it all is Laura (Margaret Klenck), a young woman who runs a non-profit agency dedicated to making sure young teens are not given adult sentences for their criminal behavior. When it looks like Bobby will get a life sentence, Laura cannot accept the inevitable and asks a close friend (and drug-runner) to help her out - and then she walks into the sheriff's office with a gun and gets Bobby out of jail. Her drug-running friend spirits them off to Florida, where Laura and Bobby hide out and begin a romantic entanglement - just another mistake in a long series of mistakes that have placed the two in a dangerous and impossible situation.
MPAA Rating:
Genre(s):
Crime and Mystery,Thriller
Run Time:
90min.
Theatrical Release Date:
05/16/1986
Director(s):
Rick King
Starring:
Gary McCleery , John Seitz , John Sayles , John Snyder , Martin Donovan
Themes:
Escape From Prison,Age Disparity Romance,Crime Gone Awry,Kids in Trouble,Lovers on the Lam
Tone:
Earnest,Quirky,Understated
Keywords:
accomplice [criminal],cop-killer,escape,getaway-car,help,on-the-run,robbery,social-worker,teenagers
Country of Origin:
USA (05-16-1986)
Language:
English